diff --git a/cookie_consent/views.py b/cookie_consent/views.py
index b756f23..998393b 100644
--- a/cookie_consent/views.py
+++ b/cookie_consent/views.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class CookieStatusView(View):
     """
 
     def get(self, request: HttpRequest) -> JsonResponse:
+        print("GET cookie status")
         accepted = get_accepted_cookie_groups(request)
         declined = get_declined_cookie_groups(request)
         not_accepted_or_declined = get_not_accepted_or_declined_cookie_groups(request)
@@ -114,4 +115,6 @@ def get(self, request: HttpRequest) -> JsonResponse:
                 group.varname for group in not_accepted_or_declined
             ],
         }
+        print("RESPONSE cookie status")
+        print(data)
         return JsonResponse(data)
diff --git a/js/src/cookiebar.ts b/js/src/cookiebar.ts
index f61fdb0..141b1f2 100644
--- a/js/src/cookiebar.ts
+++ b/js/src/cookiebar.ts
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ export const showCookieBar = async (options: Partial<Options> = {}): Promise<voi
 
   const client = new FetchClient(statusUrl, csrfHeaderName);
   const cookieStatus = await client.getCookieStatus();
+  console.log('Retrieved cookie status', cookieStatus);
 
   // calculate the cookie groups to invoke the callbacks. We deliberately fire those
   // without awaiting so that our cookie bar is shown/hidden as soon as possible.
@@ -296,7 +297,12 @@ export const showCookieBar = async (options: Partial<Options> = {}): Promise<voi
   } = cookieStatus;
 
   const acceptedGroups = filterCookieGroups(cookieGroups, acceptedCookieGroups);
-  if (acceptedGroups.length) onAccept?.(acceptedGroups);
+  if (acceptedGroups.length) {
+    console.log('Accepted groups: ', acceptedGroups);
+    console.log('Calling onAccept');
+    onAccept?.(acceptedGroups);
+    console.log('Called onAccept');
+  }
   const declinedGroups = filterCookieGroups(cookieGroups, declinedCookieGroups);
   if (declinedGroups.length) onDecline?.(declinedGroups);
 
diff --git a/tests/test_javascript_cookiebar.py b/tests/test_javascript_cookiebar.py
index 5875e9a..4894396 100644
--- a/tests/test_javascript_cookiebar.py
+++ b/tests/test_javascript_cookiebar.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function", autouse=True)
 def before_each_after_each(live_server, page: Page, load_testapp_fixture):
+    page.on("console", lambda msg: print(f"CONSOLE OUTPUT: {msg.text}"))
     test_page_url = f"{live_server.url}{reverse('test_page')}"
     page.goto(test_page_url)
     marker = page.get_by_text("page-done-loading")
@@ -71,11 +72,17 @@ def test_cookiebar_not_shown_anymore_after_accept_or_decline(btn_text: str, page
 def test_on_accept_handler_runs_on_load(page: Page, live_server):
     accept_button = page.get_by_role("button", name="Accept")
     accept_button.click()
+    # wait for fetch calls to complete & avoid test race conditions...
+    share_button = page.get_by_role("button", name="SHARE")
+    expect(share_button).to_be_visible()
 
     test_page_url = f"{live_server.url}{reverse('test_page')}"
     page.goto(test_page_url)
+    print("GOTO PAGE")
     marker = page.get_by_text("page-done-loading")
     expect(marker).to_be_visible()
+    print("PAGE DONE LOADING")
 
     share_button = page.get_by_role("button", name="SHARE")
+    print("CHECKING SHARE BUTTON")
     expect(share_button).to_be_visible()
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9a7cefc..0192a1c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ extras =
 deps =
   Django~=4.2.0
 commands =
-  pytest tests \
+  pytest --verbose -s tests \
    --cov --cov-report xml:reports/coverage-{envname}.xml \
    {posargs}